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Why We Won’t Stay Silent About Christian Nationalists in Our Own Churches
IN 1935, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY William Dodd warned the State Department of the “virtually dictatorial powers over Protestant Church matters” the new Nazi Minister of Church Affairs possessed. Describing the ecclesiastical resistance to Adolf Hitler’s desperate grasp for the keys to the kingdom, Dodd added that “the brunt of battle has been borne chiefly by the Reformed, or Calvinist, wing of the Church whose members find National Socialist totalitarian claims incompatible with their belief in sole responsibility to individual conscience.”
📚Bulwark Book Club📚 for August: Mark Twain’s “Pudd’nhead Wilson”
Send in your questions to Mona Charen and Bill Kristol for the August book club.
Withdrawing Troops From Europe Is a Policy in Search of a Problem
THIS WEEK, AS NATO LEADERS gather in Ankara, Turkey for their annual summit, the Department of Defense is continuing a comprehensive review of America’s force posture in Europe—i.e., what forces the United States maintains there, what their capabilities are, and where exactly they’re stationed or deployed. The goal, according to a DOD publication, is “that the alliance will pull its own weight in terms of defense funds spent and that Europe will take the lead in maintaining its defense.”
🚨OVERTIME🚨
Trump’s attack on TPS for Haitians… is an attack on Springfield, Ohio’s entire community, argues Rev. Carl Ruby in a must-read Ohio Capital Journal op-ed. Regular readers may remember Ruby from my earlier writing on Springfield and what it’s facing. He is the real deal.
ICYMI: My dispatch from Springfield, Ohio earlier this week.
The Forgotten Bombing of LaGuardia Airport… It’s been called “one of the greatest cold cases of the 20th century.” It remains unsolved. But what happened next is almost a worse crime, writes Elon Green in Slate.
Ever wanna get away? I’m always envious of Jay Nordlinger’s travel posts. Follow him in Italy!
This week’s comment prompt: What are your July plans? What do you remember from your family vacations that would never happen in 2026?
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Thank you, Jim, for continuing to bring the plight of Springfield's Haitian community to national attention.
Thousands of these people lost their work authorization yesterday.
The Haitian Support Center continues to provide immigration legal services, emergency assistance, food support, youth programs, interpretation and translation, referrals, and advocacy for Haitian families trying to navigate these difficult times.
They can all use the help caring people, especially their Ohio neighbors, can provide.
One of the emerging and most urgent needs is food. If you’re so inclined, here’s a way to be a monthly food box donor: https://ancljkuy.donorsupport.co/page/FoodBox
Jim Swift standing up with the facts for democracy, thanks